Conway — Mrs. Benjamin J. Ricks, the former Miss Mary Elizabeth Beale, died in Roanoke Rapids Hospital early Sunday morning, June 14, of a heart attack. She had been in declining health for several weeks. She was 67 years old.
Mrs. Ricks was a daughter of the late Joseph and Lucy Beale of Pendleton. She was predeceased by a daughter, Vera Sue Ricks, and a son, Gilbert S. Ricks. She was a member of the Conway Baptist Church and an active member of her Sunday school class.
Survivors are her husband; six sons, Lloyd Riddick Ricks, Royce Maynard Ricks, Joe Tom Ricks, Garland Lewis Ricks and Carlton William "Carl" Ricks, all of Conway and Benjamin Franklin Ricks, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, FL; one foster daughter, Mrs. Earl Dixon, of Mapleton, NC; 10 grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Rosa B. Lewter of Severn and Mrs. Addie B. Lewter of Pendleton; one half-sister Miss Annie Laurie Beale of Pendleton, and one brother, William Joseph Beale of Jackson.
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 3 p.m. in Conway Baptist Church by her pastor, the Rev. Lonnie Sasser, assisted by Rev. L. C. Brothers of Conway, and Rev. Richard Lloyd of the Jackson Baptist Church. Internent was in the Roberts Chapel Baptist Cemetery near Pendleton.
Active pallbearers were her nephews, James Madison Edwards, Joseph Clarence Edwards, Jr., Earl Lewter, Braxton and Elliott Lee Ricks and William Beale. Members of her Sunday School class were acting flower bearers.
Mrs. Ricks was a daughter of the late Joseph and Lucy Beale of Pendleton. She was predeceased by a daughter, Vera Sue Ricks, and a son, Gilbert S. Ricks. She was a member of the Conway Baptist Church and an active member of her Sunday school class.
Survivors are her husband; six sons, Lloyd Riddick Ricks, Royce Maynard Ricks, Joe Tom Ricks, Garland Lewis Ricks and Carlton William "Carl" Ricks, all of Conway and Benjamin Franklin Ricks, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, FL; one foster daughter, Mrs. Earl Dixon, of Mapleton, NC; 10 grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Rosa B. Lewter of Severn and Mrs. Addie B. Lewter of Pendleton; one half-sister Miss Annie Laurie Beale of Pendleton, and one brother, William Joseph Beale of Jackson.
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 3 p.m. in Conway Baptist Church by her pastor, the Rev. Lonnie Sasser, assisted by Rev. L. C. Brothers of Conway, and Rev. Richard Lloyd of the Jackson Baptist Church. Internent was in the Roberts Chapel Baptist Cemetery near Pendleton.
Active pallbearers were her nephews, James Madison Edwards, Joseph Clarence Edwards, Jr., Earl Lewter, Braxton and Elliott Lee Ricks and William Beale. Members of her Sunday School class were acting flower bearers.
Conway — Mrs. Benjamin J. Ricks, the former Miss Mary Elizabeth Beale, died in Roanoke Rapids Hospital early Sunday morning, June 14, of a heart attack. She had been in declining health for several weeks. She was 67 years old.
Mrs. Ricks was a daughter of the late Joseph and Lucy Beale of Pendleton. She was predeceased by a daughter, Vera Sue Ricks, and a son, Gilbert S. Ricks. She was a member of the Conway Baptist Church and an active member of her Sunday school class.
Survivors are her husband; six sons, Lloyd Riddick Ricks, Royce Maynard Ricks, Joe Tom Ricks, Garland Lewis Ricks and Carlton William "Carl" Ricks, all of Conway and Benjamin Franklin Ricks, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, FL; one foster daughter, Mrs. Earl Dixon, of Mapleton, NC; 10 grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Rosa B. Lewter of Severn and Mrs. Addie B. Lewter of Pendleton; one half-sister Miss Annie Laurie Beale of Pendleton, and one brother, William Joseph Beale of Jackson.
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 3 p.m. in Conway Baptist Church by her pastor, the Rev. Lonnie Sasser, assisted by Rev. L. C. Brothers of Conway, and Rev. Richard Lloyd of the Jackson Baptist Church. Internent was in the Roberts Chapel Baptist Cemetery near Pendleton.
Active pallbearers were her nephews, James Madison Edwards, Joseph Clarence Edwards, Jr., Earl Lewter, Braxton and Elliott Lee Ricks and William Beale. Members of her Sunday School class were acting flower bearers.
Mrs. Ricks was a daughter of the late Joseph and Lucy Beale of Pendleton. She was predeceased by a daughter, Vera Sue Ricks, and a son, Gilbert S. Ricks. She was a member of the Conway Baptist Church and an active member of her Sunday school class.
Survivors are her husband; six sons, Lloyd Riddick Ricks, Royce Maynard Ricks, Joe Tom Ricks, Garland Lewis Ricks and Carlton William "Carl" Ricks, all of Conway and Benjamin Franklin Ricks, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, FL; one foster daughter, Mrs. Earl Dixon, of Mapleton, NC; 10 grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Rosa B. Lewter of Severn and Mrs. Addie B. Lewter of Pendleton; one half-sister Miss Annie Laurie Beale of Pendleton, and one brother, William Joseph Beale of Jackson.
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 3 p.m. in Conway Baptist Church by her pastor, the Rev. Lonnie Sasser, assisted by Rev. L. C. Brothers of Conway, and Rev. Richard Lloyd of the Jackson Baptist Church. Internent was in the Roberts Chapel Baptist Cemetery near Pendleton.
Active pallbearers were her nephews, James Madison Edwards, Joseph Clarence Edwards, Jr., Earl Lewter, Braxton and Elliott Lee Ricks and William Beale. Members of her Sunday School class were acting flower bearers.
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